# Canterbury Public School

Canterbury Public School is a NSW government primary school in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia.

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Primary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Kindergarten to Year 6
- **Enrolments**: 346 (2025)
- **Address**: Church St, Canterbury NSW 2193
- **Phone**: (02) 9718 2884
- **Website**: https://canterbury-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: canterbury-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 48561
- **Established**: 1878-03-01

## About

Canterbury Public School was first established in 1878 and features heritage buildings set in spacious grounds, providing students with a pleasant play environment. The school has extensive classroom space, including a modern library, networked computers in classrooms, and computer labs. It serves a culturally diverse community with an enrolment of approximately 320 students, including 57% from a non-English speaking background, 4% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students, and a special education support unit comprising five classes. The school community is enthusiastic and committed, emphasising quality teaching and a strong focus on effective literacy and numeracy education.

## Student Well-being and Engagement
Student engagement and social-emotional well-being are priorities at Canterbury Public School, supported by extensive programs in the arts, restorative practice, environmental education, Indigenous education, public speaking and debating, technology, and sport. The school is dedicated to innovative integration of technology across all key learning areas, ensuring students develop the necessary skills for the future. Canterbury Public School prides itself on knowing and valuing every student and family while offering a full range of quality learning programs and resources.

## Commitment to Community
The school community celebrates diversity and strives for excellence, equity, and participation to ensure the holistic development of every child. Several values developed by the whole school community drive its operational ethos, including fostering a positive and successful learning environment, supporting and respecting each other, and encouraging lifelong learning. The community actively works together to ensure effective communication and shared decision-making, embracing diversity and recognising the strengths of all members.

With strong links to local high schools, Canterbury Public School ensures continuity in education for its students.

## Mission

Canterbury Public School's vision is to work in partnership with the school community to: challenge, inspire and support every child to reach their potential and embrace learning as an active and creative lifelong pursuit; equip students with the skills, values, understandings and efficacy to have choice and opportunity in future education, employment and life and be happy and successful in an ever-changing and complex world; nurture confident, informed and community-minded citizens with a strong sense of identity, belonging and social responsibility in an inclusive environment.

Motto: "Where potential meets opportunity"

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 346 |
| 2024 | 348 |
| 2023 | 349 |
| 2022 | 370 |
| 2021 | 369 |
| 2020 | 387 |
| 2019 | 369 |
| 2018 | 367 |
| 2017 | 330 |
| 2016 | 307 |
| 2015 | 260 |
| 2014 | 255 |
| 2013 | 260 |
| 2012 | 255 |
| 2011 | 264 |
| 2010 | 270 |
| 2009 | 266 |
| 2008 | 291 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/48561-canterbury-public-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.